2Uz. Dr., Bozyaka Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Göz Hastalıkları, İzmir, Türkiye
3Uz. Dr., Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye
4Yrd. Doç. Dr., Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye
5Uz. Dr., Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi , Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye
6Prof. Dr., Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi , Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye Purpose: To evaluate the outer retinal microstructure via spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in patients with vitreoretinal interface abnormalities.
Materials and Methods: Twenty-three patients with unilateral epiretinal membrane (ERM) and 17 patients with unilateral macular hole (MH) were included to the study. Outer retinal microstructure was evaluated with SD-OCT, and integrity of external limiting membrane, ellipsoid zone, and the interdigitation zone as well as retinal thickness scores were noted for each study eye.
Results: Mean age and gender were not different between patients with ERM and MH. Higher retinal thickness was found in eyes with ERM at 500 ?m and 1000 ?m distances to the fovea in both nasal and temporal quadrants. The integrity of interdigitation zone was signifi cantly more frequent in eyes with ERM when compared to eyes with MH, and the difference was clearer in nasal quadrant compared with temporal quadrant of the fovea. Both ellipsoid zone and external limiting membrane integrity were not statistically different between eyes with ERM and MH.
Conclusion: Outer retinal microstructures between eyes with ERM and MH have some differences; better knowledge of these changes might have importance on the surgical plans of such diseases.
Keywords : Interdigitation zone, epiretinal membrane, external limiting membrane, ellipsoid zone, macular hole